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Morphology. Drawing. Life.
Morphology is the architecture of life. The ingenuity of form and function.....breathtaking through tattered remains.
I prepare skeletons for study, draw things and take pictures.
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Dissect the animals
Pin them to a styrofoam board
Take the photos on phone (Samsung s10)
Clean them up
That's basically it. It's really straightforward and anyone can do it.
People on twitter kept asking me about this.
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I've done a lot of things that are generally considered terrible and I want to write about them because they are interesting to me and probably not the kinds of experiences that other people have, but I feel like I would probably be chased off the internet.
I simultaneously burn at the seams with dumb stories and also the nauseous anxiety of anyone ever finding out.
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I made this post a long time ago and never posted the follow up post, so here it is. Additional info on Fat tail sheep
Fat tailed sheep is not a single specific breed of sheep. It's a catchall word like "Health care worker".
There's tons and tons of different breeds.
They all store fat in their tails, but fall into two main categories: WIDE tails and LONG tails
Wide tails store fat in the rump area and have no visible tails.
Long tails store fat in the tail itself, which vary in length in different breeds.
In the olden days, people took pride in breeding sheep with the longest tail. They are not so popular today as it's hard to find a decent tail cart on Amazon.
Speaking of Tail carts, they come in different styles and designs. We dont have any that are actually preserved, but old drawing of them show different wheels harnesses.
Some of them are literally just skateboards
Back in the day, breeding sheep with long dragging tails was all the rage.
Nowadays different tails types have been developed to prevent them from dragging their tails on the ground.
Such as the "folded tail" or the "Only fat at the base" Tail
Despite fat tail sheep being the most common sheep breeds in the world, most people in the west have never heard of them.
The West likes Wool Sheep. Fat tails are strictly meat sheep and have little useful wool. They also do poorly in colder climates
There's a huge community of shepherds on youtube that script, choreograph and shoot elaborate videos for their sheep complete uplifting music to highlight their best qualities (for sale and stud) It is fantastic. Such as this one:
People kept bringing up Fat Bottomed Girls. Ya'll are wrong. These are fat bottomed BOYS. Sheep are often continuously bred, so the females are constantly getting pregnant, giving birth and nursing.
That's very hard on the body, so they can’t build up as much fat as the boys.
The fattest sheep, the ones with the truly VAST tails, rocking them little carts are ALWAYS males.
This is why the Bible specifically states that ONLY the rumps of the Males are to fit to be offered to the lord......
Picture: God desiring the tail
"And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the WHOLE rump" -Leviticus 3:9
I mean... look.
Arguably these are just minor details and doesnt matter....
But beyond it's teachings the bible is also a work of literature about life in the ancient world. And on some level these kinds of small details bring a sort of richness to these depictions of real…
Ancient people bred out sheep with huge butts, took the largest sheep butts, set them on fire and prayed over the burning butt. It checks out.
Religious art leaves out the best part and it’s such a goddamn shame.
Livestock, Agriculture and Food is an integral part of any culture and we all need to be pushing for more realistic sheep in religious art. #FATTAILSFORJESUS
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Long time follower, first time ask-er. I just wanted to tell you how much I love your work and how cool the things you talk about are! I always get so excited seeing your icon because I know I’m going to learn something cool, and have it presented in a really positive way. I’m glad you got a chance to bike through Japan, and I hope you post more about your experiences there too. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us!! You’re one of my favorite tumblrs.
Thank you so much! I started out on Tumblr but have largely moved off to instagram. Good to see there's still people on Tumblr who enjoy my thoughts and curiosities!
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She survived. None of the kittens did, but that's expected.
They would be premature and also have blunt force trauma.
This is called a crural hernia. I've seen it before while working on deer.
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Pardon me for speculating wildly in your general direction, but we all need to be out there, catching and stuffing small birds into our mouths for science.
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Sadly the video camera colors are not as nice. But I assure you he is very iridescent
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In 2020, I read a post on Tumblr by @gofancyninjaworld I'm having trouble finding the article now, but essentially it said that you should go out and try things, and even if you end up not being a good fit, you would have tried it instead of wishing that you did for an untold length of time.
This post prompted me to purchase a motorcycle.
I then learned to ride the motorcycle by driving and parking lots for an hour every day at night.
Within about 2 weeks I became competent and began exploring small residential streets in my neighborhood. I was very dedicated to doing every neighborhood road and even printed out a map to mark out all of the roads that I did.
I kept adding pieces to the map and then after a couple weeks it became too large and I threw it away.
In summer 2023 I rented a motorbike and the rode 4000 miles through japan. Learning to ride the motorcycle and exploring on it opened up a lot of new areas and interests for me. Buying that motorcycle turned out to be a pivotal turning point in my life.
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In 2020, I read a post on Tumblr by @gofancyninjaworld I'm having trouble finding the article now, but essentially it said that you should go out and try things, and even if you end up not being a good fit, you would have tried it instead of wishing that you did for an untold length of time.
This post prompted me to purchase a motorcycle.
I then learned to ride the motorcycle by driving it in parking lots for an hour every night.
Within about 2 weeks I became competent and began exploring small residential streets in my neighborhood. I was very dedicated to doing every neighborhood road and even printed out a map to mark out all of the roads that I did.
I kept adding pieces to the map and then after a couple weeks it became too large and I threw it away.
In summer 2023 I rented a motorbike and the rode 4000 miles through japan. Learning to ride the motorcycle and exploring on it opened up a lot of new areas and interests for me. Buying that motorcycle turned out to be a pivotal turning point in my life.
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I just love the idea that normal cats could have this under the fur and we would never know.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/vde.13240
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